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The evolution of foraging and coloration in (A) Elapidae, (B) Dipsadidae, and (C) a detailed view of Xenodon. The branch color indicates reconstructed ancestral character state. A dotted line indicates that the state is uncertain (<60% probability). The snake pictures were illustrated by Kanon Tanaka.
